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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

417 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 21

Shots in a Wine Bar. a Woman Injured. Man Charged with Attempted Murder. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 1

Aloysius O'Toole was charged on remand before Mr. Adrian, S.M. at the Central Police Court to-day with shooting at and wounding Mary…

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Accident at Demondrille. Man Falls 35 FEET

Young Witness · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Demondrille on Monday morning last, when George Cook, employed on the duplication works, and while engaged…

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Accident at Demondrille Man falls 35 feet

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at Demondrille on Monday morning last, when George Cook, employed on the…

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Accident at Waterworks. Victim's Hand Crushed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

Mr. John Morris, one of the employees at the Goulburn waterworks, was the victim of a painful accident on Wednesday afternoon. He was…

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Double Drowning Fatality Young Man and Young Woman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 1

Lorna Batty (17) and William Hook (20) were drowned while bathing at Hampton, Victoria, yesterday…

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The Five Ways. Another Accident. Woman Run Over

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 1

Zouch Street Bridge has become such a geometrical puzzle to all manner of drivers that it has become Known as "The Five Ways." As a…

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Young Man Drowned

Young Witness · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 2

WAGGA.—About 6 p.m. on Saturday John Newman, used 19, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee at Tenandra, about 24 miles from Junee. He…

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Chapter of Accidents. Whole Family Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 2

Sgt. Iverach of the Goulburn Police Superintendent's office had a tale to tell to-day of a series of accidents that have happened to his four sons within…

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Child Escapes Drowning. Boy's Plucky Rescue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 2

Marie, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. Plumb, of John-street, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Clinton-street creek, near…

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Safety in the Air. Few Accidents British Records

Young Witness · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Since the opening of civil aviation in May, 1919. British aircraft has flown 1,556,000 miles and carried 106,712…

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Vehicle Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 1

A motor car and tram collided at Manly yesterday afternoon, and four persons were more or less seriously injured and both tram and motor car…

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Motor Car and Tram. Smash at Manly. Four Persons Injured. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 2

Four persons were injured by a collision between a tram and a motor car at Manly yesterday. The tram was proceeding to Narrabeen and was…

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Double Fatality. Drowned in Old Mine. Ballarat

Young Witness · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 1

Two men were drowned by an inrush of water from old workings at Lal Lal coal mine, Pallarat. Two others narrowly escaped up [?]dders…

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Demondrille Fatality. Accidental Death

Young Witness · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 1

Mr. S. H. Dickson, coroner, on Tuesday held on inquiry into the death of George Cook in the Cootamundra hospital as the result of…

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Ghastly Tragedy. Killed by Temora Mail. Fatal Accident in Goulburn Yards

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 4

Early on Wednesday morning a man named Sydney Cottington, a former resident of this city, was run down by the Temora mail and killed…

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Goulburn Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

The story of the death of Sydney Cottington, who was knocked down and killed by the Temora mail at Goulburn last Wednesday, was retold…

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Market Gardener Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

MOSS VALLE.—James Whyte, r market gardener, when preparing a load of cabbages, was removing a truck, when his foot became fastened…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

James White died at the Bowral Hospital carly this (Saturday) morning from injuries received on Thursday when he was run over by a truck t Moss Vale…

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TELEGRAMS. Motor Fatality. Elderly Woman Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 4

A family party was touring to Hill End in two ears, when one, containing Mrs. Phelan and her daughter, got out of control owing to a wheel coming off…

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Destroyer Sunk. One Dead, Fifteen Missing. Collision with Merchantman

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 1

WASHINHTON, Monday.—The United States Navy Department has been informed that the U.S. destroyer. Woolsey was sunk in collision with…

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